Improvement in fastening lashes to whips



J. I. FOWLER. Fastening Lashes to Whips.

No. 221,226. 2 Patented Nov. 441879.

Witnesses N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C one on the endof the stock.

UNITED STATES PATENT Danton,

JOHN I. FOWLER, OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENING LASH ES TO WHIPS v Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 221,226, dated November 4, 1879 application filedMarch 7, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, J OHN I. FOWLER, of Ukiah, county of Mendocino, andState of California, have invented an Im'provementin Fastening Lashes toWhip-Stocks; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clealyandthe split parts of the clamp together against" the tapering end ofthe whip-stock, so as to firmly secure the loop to which the whip-lashis fastened.

Whip-lashes are usually secured to stocks by means of aloop on the endof the lash and The loop which is on the endof the stock isgenerally-lashed I on with waxed thread or twine, and very frequentlyslips off. It is a troublesome job to secure the loop to the smooth endof the stock, so that it will remain securely, and when it comes off, asit often does, must be replaced before the stock can be again used.

My invention is designed to secure this loop \to which the. lash isfastened firmly to the The piece of buckskin to form the' the lower endof the clamp will spread enough to allow it to easily pass over the endsof the loop.

The outside portion of the clamp A, on each side of the split part, isthreaded, as shown, and down over this thread is screwed aninternallythreaded thimble, D. As this is screwed down it presses thesplit portions of the clamp together over the ends of the loop andsecures them firmly in place;

This is accomplished the more readily by the perfectly cylindricalthimble screwing the clamp down onto the tapering or conical whipstock.The thimble gradually compresses the clamp tighter and tighter as it-isscrewed on, so as to render it impossible for the loop to be withdrawnby ordinary means.

When, however, itis desired to remove the loop to substitute a new one,the thimble may be screwed back and the clamp released.

In this way the loop may be securely fastened to whip stocks, so thatthere is no ,danger' of losing lashes by the loop slipping off. I amaware that a split ferrule is not new, nor do I claim such to be broadlymy invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A whip-stock, 0, provided at its ti p with a split ferrule threaded onits outside, and hav-' ing an internally-threa-ded tapering nut, D,adapted to secure the lash-holding loop B,

which is interposed between the stock and the split ferrule, as setforth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN-I. FOWLER.

' Witnesses:

A. J. SMITH, E. A. BoNINE.

